[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61265-61266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27891]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST Special Publication 2000-01: ABC's of Conformity Assessment
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
requests comments on the draft Special Publication (SP) 2000-01 ABC's
of Conformity Assessment document. The draft ABC's of Conformity
Assessment document is posted on the NIST website at: https://www.nist.gov/standardsgov/special-publications-conformity-assessment.
DATES: NIST requests comments on the draft ABC's of Conformity
Assessment document. Comments must be received by February 26, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted to NIST in the following ways:
Electronic comments: Online submissions in electronic form
may be sent to [email protected] in any of the following formats:
HTML; ASCII; Word; RTF; or PDF. Please include your name,
organization's name (if any), and cite ``Comments on Draft ABC's of
Conformity Assessment'' in all correspondence. Comments containing
references, studies, research, and other empirical data that are not
widely published should include copies of the referenced materials. The
proposed update to the ABC's of Conformity Assessment document is
available for review at https://www.nist.gov/standardsgov/special-publications-conformity-assessment. Comments submitted electronically,
including attachments, will be posted to the NIST website unchanged.
Written comments may be submitted by mail to Amy Phelps,
National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop
2100, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding the draft ABC's of
Conformity Assessment document or this Request for Comments should be
directed to Amy Phelps, by email at [email protected], or by phone at
301-975-4143.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
recently revised Circular A-119, ``Federal Participation in the
Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity
Assessment Activities,'' in light of changes that have taken place in
the world of regulation, standards, and conformity assessment since the
Circular was last revised in 1998.\1\ NIST is revising its conformity
assessment materials to align with the updated Circular.
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\1\ See ``OMB Circular A-119: Federal Participation in the
Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in
Conformity Assessment Activities,'' which was published on January
27, 2016 and may be found at: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/inforeg/revised_circular_a-119_as_of_1_22.pdf.
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On February 28, 2017, NIST hosted a workshop to engage the
conformity assessment community in the development of its conformity
assessment materials. Updates to the conformity assessment materials
reflect growth and evolution in the conformity assessment community as
well as updates to the guidance in the revised OMB Circular A-119.
Taking into consideration the feedback received from workshop
participants as well as input received from conformity assessment
stakeholders in both the public and private sectors, NIST has developed
a draft of the following materials:
Conformity Assessment Considerations for Federal Agencies
ABC's of Conformity Assessment
The purpose of the draft ABC's of Conformity Assessment document is
to introduce conformity assessment concepts and information on how
various conformity assessment activities are interlinked as well as the
impact on the marketplace. The document highlights some of the
important aspects of conformity assessment and serves as background for
using available conformity assessment resources. The draft ABCs of
Conformity Assessment document discusses the use of standards in
conformity assessment activities; describes the types of conformity
assessment activities; and identifies some of the interrelationships
among conformity assessment activities.
Request for Public Comments: Persons interested in commenting on
the draft ABCs of Conformity Assessment document can submit their
comments by following the instructions in the DATES and ADDRESSES
sections.
All comments will be made publicly available; therefore, personal,
proprietary or confidential information should not be included. When
submitting comments, inclusion of name, affiliation, and contact
information (phone number and/or email address in case of questions
about the comment) are optional. Comments containing references,
studies, research, and other empirical data that are not widely
published should include copies of the referenced materials.
Kevin Kimball,
NIST Chief of Staff.
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